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The Mexican Mining Chamber (Camimex) opposes the ban on open-pit mining, saying such a prohibition would cause a 1% contraction in the country's GDP and threaten some 200,000 jobs.
In 2023, mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product, and 8.2% of Mexico's industrial GDP.The mining sector employed 350,000 people in 2020, and generated US$1.5 billion in direct government tax revenue, and an additional US$1.84 billion of government revenue from exports of mined natural resources.
Mexico's miners on Wednesday asked the U.S. government to consider their sector in talks over the reopening of key areas of the Mexican and U.S. economies once quarantine measures imposed over the ...
The deposit that the mine is on has been used to mine gold, copper and platinum for decades, before being operated by Caracol Mining Company from 2003 until 2006 [5] to mine antimony and baryte. [6] Barite grinding mill. Caracol Mining Company sold their assets to Blackfire Exploration Mexico, [5] operated by brothers Brad and Brent Willis from ...
Mexican Network of People Affected by Mining (Spanish: Red Mexicana de Afectados por la Minería, REMA) [1] is a Mexican group that campaigns for political change and ecological conservation [2] and against open-pit mining. [3] Two founders of the group were murdered within two years of the organization being founded.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's Senate on Thursday passed a measure to abolish the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure government transparency, a reform that has ...
In September, Congress passed a judicial reform calling for all judges and magistrates to be elected by popular vote. Mexico's Supreme Court had accepted a challenge to the reform earlier this month.
Toquepala Mine in 2003, viewed from ISS.The open pit was then 2.5 kilometers across.. Southern Copper Corporation is a mining company that was founded in 1952. The current incarnation of Southern Copper can be traced to the 2005 acquisition of Southern Peru Copper Corporation by the Mexican copper producer Minera México.